The Simi Valley Pioneers and the Saguaro Sabercats will round out the year against one another at at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Simi Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with an 88-81 victory over Santa Paula last Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Pioneers.
Simi Valley's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Joaquin Aleman, who went 11 of 20 on his way to 26 points and five assists. Aleman continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Trevor Hiscocks, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 11 boards.
Aleman wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Simi Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 24 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in November of 2023.
While Saguaro didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They secured an 81-77 W over Gilbert Christian on Saturday.
Simi Valley is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.0 points per game. As for Saguaro, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-3.
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